textile sample (section of narrow band weaving). lt. blue background with wide khaki bands at center and one side; blue and dark blue stripes on lt. blue background, W 10.3 cm x L 2.0 cm
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
short section of cloth cut from a long length of fabric woven and ready for market. made by professional male weaver on horizontal narrow band treadle loom. finished strips are then cut and sewn into garments by tailor. samples collected in marketplace, weavers' compounds, and some with the help of a Yoruba master weaver. a duplicate set was made for the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. 'alaba' - mane of woman born after twin=slave; 'dabo mo sanyan' - Alaba mixed with sanyan; kapok; cloth